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Wash U Loves Construction Projects–How About a Journalism Major?
Washington University seems to have it all. It boasts tempurpedic mattresses, high-quality food (at least at Ibby’s), and enough student activities to satisfy the extracurricular cravings of its diverse student body. In addition, the school features over 90 undergraduate majors and fields of study, so that students with interests from finance to French to forensics…
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The Changing Role of War Zone Journalists
BY TORI SGARRO A man dressed in all black hunches over a makeshift barricade in Gezi Park. He uses one hand to shield his face from tear gas released by police. With the other, he raises a Turkish flag above his body. The bright red flag, illuminated by a distant streetlight, waves against the darkness…
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The Local Beat
BY WILL DOBBS-ALLSOPP Traditional print journalism may be on the decline, but celebrity journalism is in vogue. In the last few months, electoral augur Nate Silver and Wonkblog guru Ezra Klein have each launched highly anticipated sites. This summer, former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist David Leonhardt are rolling…
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White Man’s Burden 2.0
BY GABE RUBIN Sebastião Salgado has a bit of a primitivist fetish. In his latest project, an expansive installation at Madrid’s Caixa Forum, the celebrated photojournalist tries to capture the Earth’s most breathtaking landscapes in places like the Sandwich Islands and the Amazon in order to draw attention to their fragility and impending destruction. Given…
